An organized hutch (part 2)

How is everyone’s week going? Is anyone else tired yet? We’re having a fun summer, but my kids are seriously wearing me out! It’s like they are in hyper over drive or something. Things are a little crazy around here so naturally I turned to my guaranteed solution for feeling a bit of “inner calm.” You may remember a while ago when I organized my hutch and put keepsakes in these fun red boxes….

Well – I didn’t share the left side of my hutch because it wasn’t completely finished. I had a lot of loose odds and ends that needed a home so when I found some fun containers last week on sale at the Crate and Barrel Outlet I decided it was time to finally complete the hutch.

This hutch had become a storage place for lots of random odds and ends – mostly miscellaneous fall holiday items because my Christmas stuff is organized in various trunks. I pulled everything out, made a great big mess, and started categorizing! Ahhh… feeling the inner calm already.

You may notice that one box is holding a million remotes. We have one remote that is programmed to do everything but Kenny insists on still keeping the pile of individual ones. What am I supposed to do with those!? File them next to computer cords, a Valentine garland, and some Halloween spiders web of course. See what I mean when I say random odds and ends. Doesn’t get much more random than that.

Before long, the left side of my hutch looked like this! With bigger holiday items on top, and smaller items in their oh so tidy containers on the bottom. The containers ended up being the perfect size and I was able to fit all twelve. I decided not to do labels. As much as I love a good label, I usually don’t use them with clear containers. It’s so easy to see what’s inside and I like having the option to switch things around often. You know. Like on another day in the foreseeable future when I’m needing some more inner calm.

Like maybe tomorrow.

I was excited because I even had one empty box leftover! An excuse to buy more! Bonus.

So now the left side of my hutch looks like this.

The right side of my hutch looks like this.

The drawers still look like this (only because a certain one year old can’t reach them).

And the whole hutch is nice and organized. A place for everything and everything in its place.

The only problem???

The front of my hutch still looks like this.

A project for another day! Most likely when my girls have gone back to school.

I just shouldn’t even look at your organizing posts until Jensen is a bit older and I have the ability to accomplish anything at all. My entire house is a disaster and this is just making me depressed! But I do love you! :)

You crack me up! I love seeing the organization, the order, the pretty drawers. I don’t dare let my husband see me looking at these posts…he might just move out to CA, leave me, and beg you to marry him. :) Ha Ha! I think you two were made from the same mold.

Welcome to Sunny Side Up where I share my obsession with organization and my love for home design and decor. My husband and I just finished building a house and I can't wait to put my spin on the place and share it all with you. I have three little ones and love everything about motherhood. Except the cooking. I've never enjoyed the cooking. :) Like the city we live in, things are generally pretty sunny around here. Thanks for stopping by!